Commuting in Craven County, North Carolina: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Craven County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Craven County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 148 hours, about 6.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% less time on the road than the North Carolina average of 21.9 minutes each way, a difference of 4.1 minutes.
Craven County holds about 1.0% of North Carolina's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Craven County would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,835 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Craven County
17.8 min
35.5 min
148 hrs/yr
$4,588
1,096
North Carolina
21.9 min
43.7 min
182 hrs/yr
$5,645
1,609
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
17.8
minutes to get to work in
Craven County.
That's 21% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 94% of counties in North Carolina
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Craven County
Car:
87.8%
Worked at Home:
7.5%
Walked:
2.0%
Other:
1.6%
Public Transportation:
0.5%
Motorcycle:
0.3%unusually high
Bicycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
0.1%
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Craven County: 3.1 times more than the North Carolina average (0.3% vs 0.1%).
Commute Mode Trends in Craven County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Craven County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Other
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
90.7%
3.7%
3.8%
0.6%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.7%
2010
91.0%
3.5%
3.6%
0.7%
0.1%
0.5%
0.2%
0.3%
2011
90.4%
4.1%
3.2%
0.8%
0.1%
0.7%
0.6%
0.2%
2012
91.3%
3.7%
2.8%
0.7%
0.2%
0.6%
0.6%
0.2%
2013
91.1%
3.7%
2.8%
0.8%
0.2%
0.5%
0.7%
0.2%
2014
91.6%
3.1%
2.7%
0.9%
0.3%
0.4%
0.8%
0.2%
2015
92.3%
3.0%
1.9%
1.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.8%
0.4%
2016
92.8%
2.9%
2.1%
1.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.3%
0.5%
2017
92.0%
3.1%
2.9%
1.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.4%
2018
91.9%
3.0%
3.0%
1.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
0.4%
2019
91.5%
3.8%
2.3%
1.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.4%
0.4%
2020
91.6%
4.4%
2.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
2021
91.0%
5.4%
2.2%
0.8%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2022
89.7%
6.5%
1.6%
1.6%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
2023
88.9%
6.8%
1.7%
1.8%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2024
87.8%
7.5%
2.0%
1.6%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 92.8%. Overall it fell from 90.7% in 2009 to 87.8% in 2024, down 2.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Craven County: its share of workers rose from 3.7% in 2009 to 7.5% in 2024, up 3.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.8% to 2.0% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Craven County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Craven County?
The bars show when commuters in Craven County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show North Carolina for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMCraven County7.4%North Carolina4.4%
7.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCraven County4.2%North Carolina3.5%
4.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCraven County4.4%North Carolina4.6%
4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCraven County12.0%North Carolina9.0%
12.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCraven County11.5%North Carolina10.2%
11.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCraven County15.1%North Carolina15.3%
15.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCraven County12.5%North Carolina12.8%
12.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCraven County10.2%North Carolina11.7%
10.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCraven County4.3%North Carolina5.4%
4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCraven County5.0%North Carolina6.4%
5.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCraven County2.2%North Carolina2.8%
2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCraven County1.0%North Carolina1.4%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCraven County5.5%North Carolina6.3%
5.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCraven County5.1%North Carolina6.4%
5.1%
Craven CountyNorth CarolinaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Craven County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.3% across North Carolina. Early starts are more common than in North Carolina: 15.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.5% there. The morning rush looks much like North Carolina's: 49.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.0% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.6%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Craven County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Craven County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Craven County next to North Carolina and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Craven County
North Carolina
United States
2009
7:23 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:24 AM
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:21 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:22 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:18 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:17 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Craven County were on the road by 7:21 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:23 AM). That goes against the trend across North Carolina, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in Craven County now leave 17 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Craven County has moved 2 minutes later.
How does Craven County's commute time compare?
Metric
Craven County
North Carolina
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.8 min
21.9 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
7.5%
16.3%
15.0%
Walked
2.0%
1.6%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.5%
0.7%
3.2%
The average commute time in Craven County is 17.8 minutes, shorter than the 21.9 minutes in North Carolina.
0.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.7% in North Carolina. 2.0% commute by walking, higher than the 1.6% in North Carolina.
Craven County, NC Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Craven County, NC is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 102,613 residents against a local median of 44,493. Craven County, NC's work from home, at 7.5%, runs 32% below the 11.1% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 8.8% on work from home, so Craven County, NC sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Craven County, NC has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Craven County, North Carolina.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Craven County, North Carolina?
Commuters here spend an estimated 148 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,588 at a typical national wage. That's 19% less than the typical North Carolina commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Craven County, North Carolina?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Craven County, North Carolina. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in North Carolina?
Among counties in North Carolina, the shortest average commutes are in Macon County (17.2 min), Watauga County (17.2 min), Dare County (17.4 min). The longest are in Gates County (35.9 min), Currituck County (33.9 min), Tyrrell County (33.6 min).